With Substation Repaired, NJ Transit Makes a Step Forward

Nov 16, 2012 6:16 pm ET

Amtrak finished repairs to a flood-damaged power substation in Kearny, N.J., on Friday, clearing the railroad to run a full schedule for the holiday week and eliminating one obstacle to restoration of NJ Transit service into New York City.

Starting Monday morning, NJ Transit will be operating about 90 % of its normal peak period service into New York Penn Station, Gov. Chris Christie said.

The substation was knocked out when Kearny flooded during superstorm Sandy. The same floods also heavily damaged nearly one-third of NJ Transit’s rail cars and damaged its rail operations center at the low-lying site.

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